96-Channel receive-only head coil for 3 Tesla: Design optimization and evaluation

• Published in: Magnetic resonance in medicine Vol. 62; no. 3; pp. 754 - 762
• Main Authors: Wiggins, Graham C., Polimeni, Jonathan R., Potthast, Andreas, Schmitt, Melanie, Alagappan, Vijay, Wald, Lawrence L.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company 01.09.2009
• Subjects: 96-channel; Brain - anatomy & histology; Computer-Aided Design; Equipment Design; Equipment Failure Analysis; g-factor; Humans; Magnetic Resonance Imaging - instrumentation; Magnetics - instrumentation; phased array; Reproducibility of Results; RF coil design; Sensitivity and Specificity; SNR; Transducers

The benefits and challenges of highly parallel array coils for head imaging were investigated through the development of a 3T receive‐only phased‐array head coil with 96 receive elements constructed on a close‐fitting helmet‐shaped former. We evaluated several designs for the coil elements and match...